Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D
Three new cover reveals, take a look:
Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in Japanese folklore and full of devastating twists.
A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company.
It’s the perfect wedding venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends.
But a night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare. For lurking in the shadows is the ghost bride with a black smile and a hungry heart.
And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw. Releases in October 2021 from Tor Nightfire. I’m so happy to finally see Tor Nightfire release their lineup for 2021, and they’ve been doing some cover reveals this past week, and this book is one of those. I LOVE Japanese horror and this sounds amazing! Plus, freaky cover, right?
Django Wexler’s Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did academia get to be so complicated?
Kas is a junior researcher on a fact-finding mission to old Earth. But when a con-artist tricks her into wagering a large sum of money belonging to her university on the outcome of a manned robot arena battle she becomes drawn into the seedy underworld of old Earth politics and state-sponsored battle-droid prizefights.
Is it time to get back to the books, yet?
Hard Reboot by Django Wexler. Releases in May 2021 from Tor.com. I love this cover! I’m also here for mecha battles. I am curious to see how Wexler handles the novella format, since I’ve only read his epic fantasy.
When you are all out of heroes, all that’s left are the villains.
Black Herran was a dread demonologist, and the most ruthless general in all Essoran. She assembled the six most fearsome warriors to captain her armies: a necromancer, a vampire lord, a demigod, an orcish warleader, a pirate queen, and a twisted alchemist. Together they brought the whole continent to its knees… Until the day she abandoned her army, on the eve of total victory.
40 years later, she must bring her former captains back together for one final stand, in the small town of Tarnbrooke – the last bastion against a fanatical new enemy tearing through the land, intent on finishing the job Black Herran started years before.
Seven bloodthirsty monsters. One town. Their last hope.
The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston. Releases in August 2021 from Angry Robot. This cover caught my attention, and the promise of “seven bloodthirsty monsters” sealed the deal!
I’m so excited for Hard Reboot! Added The Maleficent Seven to my tbr, sounds amazing!
I hope we both get the chance to read them:-)
Nothing But Blackened Teeth has that deliciously scary vibe that promises a good, chilling read – and that cover! Oh, that cover! 😉
Maddalena@spaceandsorcery recently posted…TOP TEN TUESDAY: Books I Meant to Read In 2020 but Didn’t Get To
If the story is half as good as the cover…
Wow, look at that cover for Nothing But Blackened Teeth! I almost think I’d buy the book just to get that artwork. I hope the story’s great, too.
Me too, Todd. And I love the cover too:-)
I’ve been seeing that cover for Nothing But Blackened Teeth everywhere and holy crap. It’s intense. lol
It’s definitely making the rounds! It is pretty startling!
Japanese horrors are just GREAT, and I’m all for Nothing But Blackened Teeth! Yep, like you, I’m really getting excited for its release 😀
I hope we both love it!
“And she gets lonely down there in the dirt.” Damn, but I love that line!
Yes, great line!
The cover of Nothing But Blackened Teeth has now traumatized me. Thanks for that
Stephanie @ Bookfever recently posted…Audiobook Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
LOL sorry Stephanie!
Hard Reboot is the one that’s jumping out at me right now:)). I love the sound of this one – the others would have wussy old me shivering under the covers and struggling to sleep…
I think Hard Reboot will be a lot of fun:-)
Whoa, that first one is creepy. LOL The Magnificent Seven sure grabbed my attention.
Laura Thomas recently posted…The Twelve Tasks ~ The Djed Chronicles by Katherine E. Wibell
I wanted to shock everyone, that’s why I started with the creepy cover, lol.
Some interesting looking ones here…lol. 🙂 Enjoy!
Thanks Stormi:-)
The cover for Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a bit uncomfortable to look at, but boy does it sound good! I mean, Japanese folklore! The other two sound good as well. I hope you enjoy all three of these when you read them, Tammy!
The cover makes you wonder what’s going on in the story, I guess we’ll find out:-)
I think I’m going to be permanently traumatized just from seeing that first cover!! The robot book looks really good, especially with a cover blurb from Sylvain Neuvel.
LOL sorry!! It’s going to give a lot of people nightmares I think;-)
Whoa! I flinched back at the computer when that first cover scrolled by! That is a creepy one! Makes me miss movies like The Ring! Hope you like these all!
Lisa Mandina (Lisa Loves Literature) recently posted…Lisa’s Looking Forward To #93 – January 26th, 2021
It does remind me of The Ring:-)
That first cover is the stuff of nightmares! I’ll bet it’s good though!
I think it will be good too, just based on the cover:-)
Oh, no, ma’am, I am not a fan of the cover for Nothing But Blackened Teeth. Do I want to read it? Absolutely, heck yes. But maybe on the Kindle, because that cover freaks me out. xD Hopefully, that bodes well for the story.
Sammie @ The Bookwyrm’s Den recently posted…Books on My 2020 TBR That Are Now on my 2021 TBR
LOL or maybe audio if it’s available??
I like the sound of Hard Reboot. The cover of Nothing But Blackened Teeth is certainly a strong one, but also unsettling! Since I don’t like horror I think that one won’t work for me!
Jan @ Notes from a Readerholic recently posted…Can’t Wait Wednesday: Instinct by Jason M. Hough
That cover is very creepy for sure.
Ooh, The Maleficent Seven sounds like one I need to read!
I agree, it sounds really good, right?
Wow…the Blackened Teeth cover looks really creepy. Awesome picks!
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday #196: Don’t Tell a Soul by Kirsten Miller and Tarnished Empire by Danielle L. Jensen
Thanks Ronyell:-)
Oh my gosh! That Nothing But Blackened Teeth cover is so spooky! But I love it.
I love it too!
I read a super early review of Nothing But Blackened Teeth earlier this week, but it was the cover that really stuck in my mind. That’s definitely going to be an ebook read or audiobook, I just can’t deal with looking at that creepy cover!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday 01/20/21
I think we read the same review, lol. Yeah that cover is disturbing!
Nothing But Blackened Teeth and The Magnificent Seven are going on my tbr right now!
I hope we love them both:-)
Nothing But… gah that cover! Wow.
Greg recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday #66
LOL
Well that first cover certainly has me creeped out!
Ha ha I know, you and everyone else:-)
Nothing but Blackened Teeth looks positively spine-chilling. I wonder how it takes on the Japanese Heian-era folklore. That period specialized in possession by jealous old dead lovers.
Sounds like you know a lot about that era, please read it and let us know!
OMG, the cover on that first book is so freaky and creepy. Definitely an attention getter!
Ha ha I know, it’s a little shocking!
I’m looking forward to Nothing But Blackened Teeth!
Me too!! It’s bound to be really creepy:-)
I was thinking exactly the same thing as Mogsy – that I’d be glad to read that one on kindle so I didn’t see the cover – which sounds mean but I guess it just means it really works because it gives me the creeps.
Lynn 😀
I feel like it will be epic because of that cover:-)
I haven’t read a single Wexler’s book, but I really really hope to do it soon, and this one seems just so promising!!
And The Maleficient Seven sounds great too!!
THE FUCK IS THAT NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH COVER?!!? Absolute nightmare fuel. Added all three of these books to my TBR, about 95% of which is now made up of books I saw on Future Fiction lol.